Cross-lised with SPAN448J. Credit only granted for SPAN448J or SPAN608J.

Globalization facilitates interactions that are no longer restricted by borders or distance and brings people from different backgrounds together. So, how does language operate within this modern era? To what extent are communities defined by language? How does each language preserve its integrity at the same time as opening communities to the wider world? This course will attempt to answer these and other questions from different linguistic, ideological and historical angles, with special attention to the complex relationship between the so-calledmajority andminority languages in the Spanish-speaking world. Taught in Spanish.